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Comprehensive Exam
A. Fill in the blank with the correct word: 1 point each
(Each word is used only once)
blind
contradicts
control
diameter
facts
generations
hypothesis
lead
simple
variable
ancestor
Archaeology
real
intermediate
known
age
geological
Principle
mudflows
radiometric
rocks
oxygen
atom
organelles
Receptors
mycelium
Photosynthesis
vacuole
DNA
molecule
adenine
large
intestine
saliva
known
Digestion
bolus
larynx
bile
esophagus
pancreas
vitamin
1. A
counter-example is an example that __________ a scientific conclusion.
2.
A/An _____________ is the simplest unit of matter in Creation.
3.
A/An ____________ is an educated guess that attempts to explain an
observation or answer a question.
4.
Metabolism requires food and ____________.
5. Science
is a branch of study dedicated to the accumulation and classification of
observable __________ in order to formulate general laws about the natural
world.
6.
______________ is the process by which a plant uses energy of sunlight
and certain chemicals to make its own food.
7.
____________ studies are experiments in which the participants do not
know whether or not they are a part of the control group.
8.
Prokaryotic cells have no ____________.
9.
Scientific laws are theories that have been tested by and are consistent
with ____________ of data.
10. Only plant cells have a cell wall and a large
central ______________.
11. The age of an artifact, as determined by a
date printed on it or a reference to the artifact in a work of history, is
referred to as its ___________ _________.
12. The _______________ produces several
digestive juices and a base to neutralize the stomach acid.
13. Using a radioactive process to determine the
age of an item is termed _____________ dating.
14. The gall bladder concentrates __________ and
squirts it into the chyme as the chyme enters the small intestine.
15. Geology is the study of earth's history as
revealed in the __________ that make up the earth.
16. The appendix is a part of the digestive
system but not the digestive tract. It
has no __________ function.
17. The geological column is not really evidence
for evolution because it is not ____________.
18. A _______________ is a chemical substance essential
for the normal working of the human body.
19. The _______________ column is a theoretical
picture in which layers of rock from around the world are meshed together into
a single, unbroken record of earth's past.
20. The part of the digestive system and
digestive tract that pushes food down into the stomach is called the
_______________.
21. All life contains ______________.
22. The variable or part of the experiment to
which all others can be compared is called the ____________.
23. ____________ are special structures or
chemicals that allow living organisms to sense the conditions of their
surroundings.
24. The experimental ____________ is the aspect
of an experiment that does change during the course of the experiment.
25. Thymine links to ______________ and guanine
to cytosine.
26. A/An ____________ machine is a device that
reduces the amount of force needed to perform a task or change the direction of
a force.
27. Two or more atoms linked together to make a
substance with unique properties is called a/an _____________.
28. Circumference is the distance around a
circle, equal to 3.1415 time the circle's ______________.
29. The ______________ is actually the main part
of the mushroom.
30. Alchemists believe that ___________ can be
transformed into gold.
31. ________________ is the process by which an
organism breaks down its food into small units which can be absorbed.
32. _______________ is the study of past human
life as revealed by preserved relics.
33. The tongue moves the food around in the mouth
to form a _______________.
34. The ___________ of Superposition says that
when artifacts are found in rock or earth that is layered, the deeper layers
hold the older artifacts.
35. The _______
___________ consolidates
undigested food, absorbs water from it, and turns the resulting waste into
feces.
36. A theory which states that all life on this
earth has a single, common ____________ that existed a long time ago is
referred to as The Theory of Evolution.
37. The __________ is not part of the digestive
system.
38. The fossil record contains no fossils that
are undeniable _____________ links.
39. The salivary glands produce _______________,
which helps to partially digest and lubricate food.
40. The Mt. St. Helens eruption and a major
flood would both have ____________ in common.
B.
True or False - indicate which of the following are true (T) or false (F): 1 point each
______ 41.
Gregor Mendel determined how traits are passed during reproduction.
______ 42. A
carnivore is a consumer that eats producers exclusively.
______ 43.
Subjective data deals with measurable qualities and not the opinions of
people.
______ 44.
Glucose is a disaccharide.
______ 45. An
electric ice cream maker is an example of technology.
______ 46.
Fats come in two types: blue fats and yellow fats.
______ 47.
The lever, the wheel and axle, the pulley, the automobile, and the
inclined plane are all examples of simple machines.
______ 48.
Cellular energy production occurs mainly in the mitochondrion.
______ 49.
Sir Isaac Newton is considered to be the single greatest scientist of
all time.
______ 50.
An algae is an example of a consumer.
______ 51.
When plants and animals die, the most likely thing that will happen is
that they will become fossilized.
______ 52.
The lymphatic system is made up of lymph vessels and Holland nodes.
______ 53.
Fossil records are usually found in sedimentary rock.
______ 54.
Vaccines do little good in providing a person with immunity to viral
infections.
______ 55.
1,000,000 species of plants and animals have gone extinct in the last
400 years.
______ 56.
The lymph nodes have T-cells, B-cells, and macrophages.
______ 57.
Human bones make up 95% of the fossil record.
______ 58.
The thyroid gland is the master gland of the body.
______ 59.
The icicle-like structures which hang down from the ceiling of a caven
are called stalactites.
______ 60.
The urinary system regulates water balance and chemical levels in the
body.
______ 61.
Information required by living things is stored in the nucleotides of
the DNA.
______ 62.
Applied science is motivated by curiosity but does not care if the
knowledge gained is useful.
______ 63.
The main thing that macronutrients provide is energy.
______ 64.
Aristotle developed the idea of spontaneous generation.
______ 65. A
mushroom is in kingdom Monera and is, therefore, a decomposer.
______ 66.
Charles Darwin demonstrated the First Law of Thermodynamics.
______ 67.
Ectothermic animals are slower on cold days.
______ 68.
Force is the push or pull that changes the motion of an object.
______ 69.
The body prefers to burn proteins, then carbohydrates, then fats.
______ 70. Science is not a means by which something
can be proven.
______ 71.
The endocrine system controls various functions by releasing enzymes.
______ 72.
The Bible does not pass the internal, external, or bibliographic test.
______ 73. Memory
B-cells give the lymphatic system a memory of past infections.
______ 74.
Fossils found in one layer of stratified rock can be considerably
different than the fossils found in another layer of the same stratified rock.
______ 75. The
cleaned blood leaves the kidney via the renal artery.
______ 76.
Large parts of the sediments carried by rivers end up in the river's
delta.
______ 77.
Tears are produced in the lacrimal glands, and they clean the eye of
contaminants and provide a chemical relief for sadness.
______ 78.
Sedimentary rock is formed from molten rock, called magma
______ 79.
The contraction of certain muscles squeezes the lymph nodes, pumping
blood throughout the body.
______ 80. A
carbonate residue has a film residue of the original creature; in an
impression, the film residue is completely gone.
C. Multiple Choice - Select the best possible
answer for the following: 1 point
each
81. What is the correct term for an experiment in
which neither the participants nor the people analyzing the results know who
the control group is?
a. a double-blind study
b. a Dr. Wile's invention
c. a bad idea
d. a two-fold control study
82. Which is not true of keratinization?
a. It kills cells.
b. It softens living cells.
c. Hair and nails are made by this process
d. It is the process that is used to make the
outer layer of the epidermis.
83. For what was Imhotep famous?
a. atomic
b. basketball playing
c. medical practices
d. energy extraction
84. The human superstructure is made up of
a. the skeleton
b. the muscles
c. the skin
d. all the above
85. Who wrote the book The Origins of Species?
a. John Dalton
b. Charles Darwin
c. Sir Isaac Newton
d. Robert Boyle
86. Which kingdom contains organisms made up of
several eukaryotic cells, having specialized structures, and makes it own
food?
a. Monera
b. Protista
c.. Fungi
d. Plantae
87. If a person wanted to learn about the history
of life other than human life, that person would use
a. Bacteriology
b. Paleontology
c. Archaeology
d. Smurfology
88. Which kingdom contains the algae and
protozoa?
a. Protista
b. Plantae
c. Monera
d. Fungi
89. From what substance is amber derived?
a. resin
b. water
c. carbon
d. animal remains
90. In which kingdom would one find creatures
that have several eukaryotic cells, do not make their own food, and often eat
other living organisms?
a. Animalia
b. Plantae
c. Monera
d. Fungi
91. Two or more organisms living together so that
each benefits from the other is called
a. communism
b. parasitism
c. symbiosis
d. rosenosis
92. Performing tests to confirm the hypothesis is
characteristic of the _____________ step of the scientific method.
a. theory
b. observation
c. experiment
d. law
93. Collagen makes the bones
a. flexible
b. hard
c. strong
d. none of the above
94. An astronomer viewing a new light in sky is
an example of
a. an hypothesis
b. theory
c. an experiment
d. an observation
95. Which of the following are not vertebrates?
a. earthworms
b. dogs
c. chickens
d. dinosaurs
96. The vast majority of the fossil record is
made up of
a. dinosaur bones
b. plant remains
c. insects encased in amber
d. clams and other hard-shelled creatures
97. Which of the kingdoms contain organisms that
generally have several eukaryotic cells and eat only dead organisms?
a. Animalia
b. Plantae
c. Fungi
d. Monera
98. In which test of documents is Aristotle's
dictum used?
a. the internal test
b. the external test
c. the bibliographic test
d. the Rosenoff test
99. Which kingdom has organisms that have only
single, prokaryotic cells and no membrane-bound organelles?
a. Monera
b. Animalia
c. Protista
d. Fungi
100. Catastrophists believe
a. in Noah's flood
b. the depth, speed, and direction of flood waters
determined the type of rock formed
c. different kinds of things being trapped
during different stages of the flood account for stratification of the fossil
layer
d. all the above
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points earned /100 points total x 100 = _____ %